The Marriage Equality Bill passed its first reading yesterday with 80 votes for, 40 against and 1 absentee.
I am not going to go into the votes further here, or into any other aspects of the bill (but I am sure we will in the future), All I want to do is share St [...]
I have just responded positively to a wedding invite, so I thought it would be an opportune moment to raise the marriage question.
I am not married, and neither do I want to be. It’s a personal choice and it works for me (us). The whole concept of marriage seems, well, dated, old-fashioned, and besides, my partner [...]
Guest post from Paul Bailey
Recently there have been calls for a debate around the water storage schemes. I agree because as I stated in my submission to the Regional Council’s 10 year plan I am undecided about the dams one way or the other.
As an ex-rural bank manger I am very much aware that farmers’ income [...]
Guest post from Michelle Pyke in response to comments made by John J Harrison on Bay Buzz blog.
Neither Maxine nor I (who are WOMEN not girls Mr Harrison) have ever been told what to say, to whom we should say it or where to say it, on any issue! And I no longer regularly [...]
The amalgamationistas through their lobby groups ‘Bay Buzz’ blog and ‘A Bitter Hawke’s Bay’ are currently crowing about a recent article in the NZ Herald by Rodney Hide. Hide proclaims the success of his only legacy, the Auckland super-city, on the basis that it now has a unified plan, [...]
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